Wilkes-Barre General Hospital Nurses Authorize Strike

Registered Nurses at Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) General Hospital have voted to authorize sending a strike notice to the hospital, a union spokeswoman confirmed Thursday.

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The nurses, represented by the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals, have been working without a contract since April 2013. They went on strike in late 2013 and picketed in April over nurse staffing levels.

Despite the threat of a strike, negotiations between the hospital, part of Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems, and the union are ongoing.

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